Machine for treating oil-cakes.



PATENTED JAN. 29, 19cm.-

0. F. YOUNG. MACHINE FOR TREATING O'IL CAKES.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 31, 1906.

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AiPPLIOATION FILED 3111.31, 1906.

- PATENTBD JAN. 29, 1907.

MACHINE FOR TREATING OIL CAKES.

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No. 842,741. PATENTED JAN. 29, 19.07.

0.1". YOUNG.

MACHINE FOR TREATING OIL CAKES.

AYPLIOATION FILED JAN. 31, 1906.

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G. F; YOUNG. MACHINE FOR TREATING OIL CAKES.

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CHARLIE FRANK YOUNG, OF GINGTTAMSBURG, OHIO.

MACHENE FOR TREATING GEL-CAKES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 29. 1907."

Application filed January 31, 19 06. Serial No. 228,859.

voil as much as possible; but the endsand edges have not been pressed to the same'ex tent and are therefore comparatively soft and still contain a large percentage of oil. It is desirable 'to remove this soft marginal portion of the oil-cake, so that it may again be pressed for recovering the oil remaining therein without, however, removing much of the hard portion of the cakewhich has been practically freed from oil. i

The object of my invention is to providea machine which will automatically" perform the operation of removing the soft marginal portions of oil-cakes in a speedy and efficient manner and without removing an undue amount of the'body of the cake from which the oil has been fully extracted, thus avoiding waste and as far as possible the recompression of material which has already been compressed to thefullest extent.

With this and other objects in view the invention consists of the features of construction, combination, and arrangement ofparts hereinafter fully described and claimed-reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in,which Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of a machine for trimming the edges of oil-cakes,

' constructed in accordance with my inven tion. Fig. 2 is a central vertical longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 is a top plan view. Fig; 4 is a horizontal section on the line 4 4' of Fig. 2.

' of one of the rotary c'ut'ters for trimming the j the table.

Fig, 5 is a side elevation drawings, wherein like characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, the numeral 1 denotes a frame which may be of any approved form and construction, but which, as shown in the present instance, comprises a base 2, side pieces 3, rising therefrom and each consisting of vertical end standards 4 and 5, connected by upper and lower longitudinal braces 6 and 7, and a horizontal platform or work-table .8, supported upon the upper ends of said side pieces. At-the receiving .end of the table a hopper or chamber 9 is provided to receive a.

pile of oil-cakes A, which are to be fed-ton ward to be trimmed, the said hopper or chamber being open at its rear end to permit ofthe convenient insertion of the cakes therein and formed of side boards or pieces 10, conneted at their upper forward edges by a cross-piece 11 and adjacent to their lowen forward edges by across-piece 12. Vertical pieces 13 connect the said two cross-pieces 11 and 12 and form a stop and gage to hold all but the lowermost cake aga nst forward movement, the lower ends of the said vertical pieces 13 terminating a suitable distance abovethe table to leave an intervening slot or passage 14 for the forward feed of the lowermost cake from the hopper. The table 8 is provided in its upper surface with spacedforming guides for the upper stretches or endless conveyer-chains 16 and to permit said chains to lie flush with the uppersurface of The chains run through vertical slots or openings 17 and 18, formed in the table at the op osite ends of the said grooves or recesses and below the table pass around sprocket-whee? 19 and 20, keyed upon trans verse shafts 21.

and 22,- journaled in suitable bearings in the side pieces 3 at the receiving and delivery ends of the frame. The chains 16 operate in unison at a uniform rate ofspeed and form an endless conveyer tocarry the cakes A one by one from the hopper or] parallel longitudinal grooves-o1: recesses .15,

Journaled in bearings at the delivery end of the frame is a transverse drive-shaft 24,

provided at one end with one or more beltend of this shaftcarries a loose beveled gearwheel 35, which is provided with a clutch collar or sleeve 36, normally engaged by a clutch member 37, 2 having a spline-androove connection with said shaft by which it is adapted to slide toward and from the sleeve 36 and to rotate at all times with said shaft. The clutch device 37 is retracted only at certain periods in the operation of the machine to release the gear-wheel and arrest the movement of the endless. conveyer to stop the feed of the oil-cakes when the delivery-table 23 has reached the limit of its downward movementfso that the said gearwheel 35, which meshes with a beveled gearwheel 38 on'the transverse shaft 22, will normallytcommimicate motion to said shaft, and

therefore continuously operate the endlesschain conveyers 161 Journal'ed in hearings on opposite'sides of the frame, at the receiving end thereof, are. vertical shafts 39, on which are pulleys 40, receiving 'motion from drive-pulleys 41 on the shaft 24 through the medium of quartertwi'sted belts 42'. The upper ends of these shafts 39 extend above thetable 8 on the opposite sides of the hopper or receiving chamber 9 and are provided at their upper'ends with pulleys 43, around which pass belts 44, which also pass around pulleys 45 on the up per ends of cutter-shafts 46, carrying at their lower ends cutter-heads 47-, whereby the oil'- cakes are trimmed on their passage from the hopper along the table. .Each shaft 46 is journaled in a bearing-sleeve-48, carried by an arm 49, attached at one end to a bearingsleeve 50, journaled on the upper end of the adjacent vertical'shaft 39 below the "pulley 43, the said sleeve 50 thus being coaxially mounted with the pulley 43, so as to turn or oscillate on the shaft'39 and permit the arm 49 to swing to adapt the cutter-head to have movement in an arc toward and from the center of the table. Each cutter-head 47 is rigidly mounted upon the lower end cf its cutter-shaft, 46 and formed or with upper and lower projecting flanges 51 and 52, between which are disposed an an-.

nular series of cutting-blades 53, which are tangentially arrangedto act with a chipping action upon the edges of thecakes A.

In the construction of machine herein shown two cutter-heads of the described structure are provided and arranged upon opposite sides of the path of travel of the oilcakes. along the work-table betweenthe hopper and delivery-table, the cutter-heads being mounted within casings 54, suitably secured to the upper surface of the work-table to protect the same from injury, the top wall of each casing being provided with an arcuate slot 56 to receive the bearing sleeve 48 and permit the same, with the cutter-head and its shaft 46, to swing or have movement in a direction laterally of the machine. Ex tending from each side of the hopper is a rod or bar 57, which extends through a slot or opening in the arm 49-and is threaded at its outer end, as indicated at 58, to receive an adjustingmut 59 Surrounding the bar between this nut and the outer side of the arm 49 is a coiled spring 60, whose tension or pressure'i'nay be regulated by the said "nut 59.

This frame exerts its expansive pressure to normally force the arm 49 inwardly and to thereby bring the cutter-head carried'thereby into the plane of movement of the adjacent end edge of the oil-cake A, so thatthe cutter-head in rapidlyrotating will cut or chip off the soft marginal portion of the cake, which still contains a'percentage of oil. The

spring 60 in thus acting forces the cutterhead to its work and insures that the cutting blades will remove all of the end of the cake exerting a certain resistance to removal. By this means the cutter-head will move inwardly under the ressure of the, spring until in cutting its bla esbeginto act upon the hard portion of the body of the cake, when the resistance caused thereby will prevent the cutter from having further inward movement, thus providing automatically for the cutting away of that portion of the cake which still remains soft from thepresence of oil.

When the cutting-blades reach the limit of the soft marginal portion of the cake andcome in contact withthe hard body. portion, the spring 60 permits, them to yield against the resistance set up, so that they will automatically accommodate themselves to the ,depthor width of the soft marginal portion. This construction and mode of operation of IIO the cutters, which, as shown, are arranged to trim the ends of the cakeon the passage of the latter along .the work-table, prevents waste by the cutting away of the hard bulk or body of thecake from which the oil has already been practically entirely expressed, while insuring the cutting away ofthose portions from which a percentage of oil may still be expressed.

As the cakes pass the cutters and are trimmed in the manner already described, their motion is continued by the action of the endless chains 16 until the cakes pass off the chains at the point above the slots 17 and;-

are partially projected upon the deliverytable 23. As the movement imparted to the cake is not ordinarily suflicient to deliver it to the table 23 upon the passage of the'cliains downward through the slots 17 to engage the the operation of the machine and. comprisesan abutting member 61, having a rearwardly pro ecting shank 62, connected at its rear end to a cross-head 63, (sh0w11-indotted lines in Fig. 3,) .which is pivotallyand slidably mounted in guides 64, attached to the under side of the work-table 8 just in rear of a slot. 64, formed in the table intermediate the slots 17. The shank 62 is provided on its under side with a series of rack-teeth 65, which are engaged periodically by a toothed segment 66, rigidly mounted upon and rotating with the. forward transverse coiiveyer shaft 22. Normally the abutting portion 61. of the ejector lies within. the slot 64, with its upper surface substantially in the plane of the upper surface of the table 8 to avoid interfering with the feed of the oil-cakes; but after.

the trimmed cake has been. forced beyond said slot in position to be delivered to the ta ble 23 the segn'ient 66 comes into engage.-

ment withthe racleteeth 65 and swings the ejector upward and at the same time slides it forward, thus bringing the abutting portion 61 into engagement with the cake and forcing thesame'onto the table 23 or onto the pile of cakes previously delivered thereon. When the segment in-its-course of movement passes the ejector, the latter will be retracted by a.

suitable retracting-spring 67 .and will swing downward to its normal position above described in readiness to be operated at a subsequent-period to eject the next succeeding cake. I

- As the trimmed oil-cakes are successively delivered to the table 23 it is obvious that some )rovision should bemade for lowering said tale as the cakes are successively piled thereon a distance equivalent to the thickness of each cake as it'is forced thereon by the ejector, so as to always maintain a supporting-surface on which the ejected cake may slide .in alane coincident with or substantially coincident with the upper surface of the delivery end of tlie worletable. In order to provide for this exigency, the table 23 is rigidly mounted at its upper end upon a feed-screw 68, which is vertically movable in,a guidesleeve 69, fitted in the base 2, thesaid sleeve being provided with a spline or feather 70, which projects into a longitudinal groove 71, formed in the screw to hold said screw from rotation, while permitting it to have vertical movement. The sleeve 69 is formed with'a fiangeorhead 72, by which it may be secured l gage and lift the finger from. operating and reversing gears on the tate therewith and slide in either direction the upper surface of with' either gear to the base 2, and has a bearing-boss 73, on which turns an operatingnut 74:, whose threads engage the threads of the screw, the

said nut being provided 'on its under side with a bearing-seat 75, which engages antifriction-bearings 76, turning in a groove or guidewayformed on the boss 73. Keyed or otherwise suitably fixed to' the nut is a sprocket wheeler rim 77, which isconnected by a sprocket-chain 78 with a sprocket-wheel 79 on the lower end of a verticalishaft 80,- which shaft 80 carries at its upper enda beveled gear-wheel 81, which is adapted to re-, ceive motion in one direction or the other shaft 32', by which corresponding inotion will be transmitted to the nut 74 .toraise or lower the screw 71, and consequently the receiving-table 23.

The operating and reversing gears 82 and i 8 83 are loosely mounted on the shaft 32. on opposite sides of a double clutch member 84, which is feathered upon said shaft to rothereon. When the clutch member is in engagement with the operating-gear 82, which is provided with a coacting clutchr ing, the

shaft 80 will be rotated in the proper d1rection to cause the nut to move the screw 68 downward, while, on the other hand, when the 'clutch member is in engagement with a corresponding clutch-ring on the reversing gear 83 the shaft 80 will be rotated in the opposite direction to cause the nut to reverse the operation of the feed-screw 68 or, in other words, toforce it upward. The double clutch member 84 is formed with an annular groove to receive a ring 85, which is jointed to one end ofan interinediately-pivoted lever 86, jointed its opposite end to the inner end of a shipper-rod 87, connected at its outer end, indicatedat 88, (see Fig. 4,) to a. crank-arm 69, depending from one end of a rock-sl1aft 90, journaled in suitable bearings 91 on the work-table and extending across said table at the delivery end thereof and beneath which the' ejected cake passes on its way to the receiving-table- 23. Attached to the center of this shaft is a rocker-arm 92, which projects from the table 23 and is provided with adownturned trip-finger 93, which normally rests upon the table 23 or upon the uppermost cake of the pile A resting thereon and is maintained thereby in a predetermined position, this position being such that the connections between the shaftand double clutch 84 are so arrangedas to maintain said clutch in its" neutral position inwhich'it'lis' not in mesh 82 .or 83, so that/the table 23 norm ally remains in the receivingposition to which it has been preliminarily adjusted. hen an oil-cake is, however, forcedoutwardly by the ejector 61, the cake will en- 93, thereby rocking til-3 arm 92 in an upward direction and transwhich turns on its bearing and shifts the mrtting motion through the shaft 90 to draw upon the slnppern'od 87, thus swinging the lever 86 in the proper directionto shift the fixed to the shaft 32 and to transmit'motion to the nut 74, which will operate to .move

clutch device 8 1 into engagement with the gear 82, thereby causing said gear to'be the screw 68 downward, This downward motion of the screw, which will lower the table 23, will continue until said table is lowered a distance equivalent to the thickness of an oil-cake, when as the upper surface of the cake fed out upon said table comes flush with the upper surface of the work-table 8 the arm 92 will gravitate back to its normal posi tion and in so doing will transmit reverse movement to the shipper-rod 87 to that previously described, and thereby restore the lever 86 to its normal position and move the clutch 84 to its normal position between the two gears 82 and 83, thus stopping the movement of the actuating-nut and feed screw. This operation will periodically continue whenever a trimmed cake is deposited upon the table 23 or upon the pile of trimmed cakes resting thereon until said table 23. reaches the limit of its downward movement,

' when thefurther feed of trimmed cakes thereto will be arrested and the operation stopped until the pile of cakes resting on the table 231s removed and the latter again adjusted to its uppermost receiving position,

Y which is accomphshed by mechanism which will now be described.

,The clutch member 37 is formed with. an annular groove in which is seated a ring 94,

having a short arm or projection 95', which is pivotally connected to tlie upper end of a rocking link-lever 96, fulcrumed intermediate of its ends to a bracket-arm 97, depend ingfrorn the bearing34. The lower end of the lever 96.- is also ivotally connected to the vertical arm 98 o a bell-crank lever 99,

the horizontal arm 100 of-which is pivoted to a bracket 101, suitably mounted upon the base 2 orsome other part of the frame of the machine. The arm 100 projects outwardly a suitable distance beyond the delivery end of the machine to lie in the path of movement of the table 23 andis disposed adjacent to the nut 74, so as to be engaged by said table when the latter reaches thelimit of its downward movement.

In the operation of the machine the feedscrew 68 is lowered by a step-by-step movement through the mechanism previously described as the cakes are successively piled thereon and upon reaching its lowermost position brings the table 23 into contact with the saidarm 10% This arm 0 crates in the nature of a trip device and w en depressed by the tableg23 rocks on its bearing 101, thus moving the arm 98 u wardand transmitting motion to the lin -lever 99,

clutch member 37 out of engagement with the vclutch member on the beveled gearwheel 35, The wheel 35 then turns loosely on the shaft 32 and ceasesto transmit inotion to the beveled gear-wheel 38, thus arresting the motion of the endless-conveyer chains and stopping the further ,feed of oilcakes from the hopper 9. Upon the removal of the pile of trimmed cakes A from the table 23 the finger 93 will be unsupported and A the arm 92 will drop by gravity, thereby rocking the shaftto the left in Fig. 2 and moving its crank-arm 89 rearwardly, thus transmitting rearward motion to the rod 87, which will swing the lever 86 so as to move the clutch 84 from its neutral position into mesh with the clutch portion of the beveled gear-wheel 83, whereupon the motion of the shaft 32 will be transmitted to the shaft 8 to continuously rotate the nut 74 through the intermediate connections and raise the feedscrew 68 until the table 23 is elevated to its normal height, at which time said table will engage the finger 93 and restore it to its normal position, causing the shaft 9 to be rocked in the opposite direction and to correspond. ingly actuate the lever 86 to restore the clutch member to its neutral position, thereby disengaging it from gear-wheel 83 and arresting the operation of the nut 74; The upward movement of the table 23 releases the trip-arm 100, permitting the bellcrank lever ,99 to .return by gravity to its normal position, whereby the clutch 37 will again be shifted into engagement with the gear 35 and throw the conveyer-chains again into operation, thus reestablishing normal conditions to cause the oil-cakes tobeagainfed forward from the hopper 9; The trim. mings or soft marginal portions of the cakes removed by the cutters discharge through eduction-openings 103, formed in the worktable 8, into a trough or receptacle 104, disposed transversely beneath said worletable, in which trough operates a screw conveyer 105, the ends of the shaft of which are journaled in suitable bearings 106 on-the ends of the frames or the ends of the trough 104. One end of the shaft of the conveyer is provided with a pulley or belt-wheel which-is connected with a pulley or belt-wheel on the rear conveyer-shaft 29 by a belt 107, whereby the screw conveyer is driven continuously in the operation of the machine. The screw conveyer' Works the cuttings or trim mings toward one end of the trough 104,

where they discharge through an Outlet 108' .the apparatus will be readily understood,

eration from the time the cakes to be resulting in the recovery of a large proportion of oil ordinarily allowed to go to waste. Changes in the form, proportions, and m1- nor details of construction may be made within the scope of the invention without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

Having'thus described the invention,'what is claimed as new, is

r L- In a machide of the character described,

a trimming device comprising a driving-shaft,

a swinging arm movab e on an are concentric with said'shaft, a cutter-shaft carried by said arm, a rotary cutter carried by said cutterhaft, an adjustable resistance-spring acting 6n said arm, and a driving connection between'saidshafts. I

ggearing foroperating the several parts, clutch 2., In a machine of the character described, the combination of a table, a feeder for feeding the cakes along the table, cutters for trimming the cakesfed by the feeder,-a receiver for the trimmed cakes, said receiver having an intermittent movement to adjust it tosuocessively receive the cakes, drivemechanism associated with said gearing, and

"automatic means controlling the clutch mechanism, wherebyin the o eration of the machine the motion of the fee er and receiver will bearrested when the latter has received the maximum number of cakes, the receiver restored to normal position, and the feeder again thrown into operation.

3. ,In a machine oflthe character described,

the combination with trimming means adapt?" ed to removethe soft marginal portions of oil-cakes, means for feeding the cakes past the trimming means, a support to receive the trimmed cakes, and periodically-operating means fordischarging the cakes onto said support.

4. In a machine of the character described, the combination of trimming means to remove the soft marginal portions of oil-cakes, means for supporting the cakes, means for producing a relative movement of said parts to adapt the trimming means to operate along the edges of the cakes, a receiver for the cakes, 2L-I8D10\ able screw-support for the re- .ceiver, a nut for operating said support to change the position of the receiver periodically as the cakes are fed thereto, and means for-operating the nut.

5. In a machine of the character described, the combination of trimming means, means for feeding the cakes to be trimmed, a receiver for the trimmed cakes, periodically-operated means governing the position of said receiver to successively bring it into position to receive the cakes, and means for arresting the action of said operating means and the cake-feeding means when the receiver reaches the limit of its feeding movement, and means for restoring the feeder to its normal position and resetting the parts for further operation.

6. In a machine of the character described, the combination of trimming means,means for feeding the cakes to be trimmed, a receiver, means for periodically ejecting the trimmed cakes to the receiver, and means for imparting an intermittent motion to the receiver to adapt it to receive a pile or series of cakes.

7. In a machine of the character described, the combination of trimming means, means for feeding oil-cakes to be trimmed, areceiver for the trimmed cakes, and means for periodically ejecting the cakes to the receiver.

8. In a machine of the character described, 95 the combination of trimming means, feeding means ,for oil-cakes, a receiver, means for communicating motion to said feeding means, and means operated thereby at predetermined times for ejecting the trimmed cakes we to the receiver.

9. In a machine of the character described,

, the combination of trimming means, means for/feeding the oil-cakes to be trimmed, a receiver for the trimmed cakes, a reciprocating I v 5 device'for ejecting the trimmed cakes to the receiver, and means for operating said reciprocating device.

10. In a machine of the character dethe cakes to be trimmed, a receiver for the trimmed cakes, a motive element for operating said feeder, a toothed reciprocating ejector for feeding the trimmed cakesto the receiver, and a toothed member on the mo- 1 I5 tive element adapted to periodically operate said ejector. l

" '11. In a machine of the character described, the combination of trimming means,

' cake 7 feeding means, a receiver for the I2 trimmed'cake, ge'aringfor continuously operating the feeder and intermittently adjusting the receiver, and means controlling said gearing for permitting intermittent movement of the receiver; without affecting the feeder and I 25 for arresting the movement of said feeder when a prescribed number of trimmed cakes have been fed to the receiver. 12.- In a machine of the character de-- scribed, the combination of trimming means, 1 c

scribed, trimming means, means for feeding I 10 means for feeding thecakes to be trimmed, a periodicallyeadjusted receiver for the cakes, gearing for adjusting said receiver, gearing for operating the feeder, and means for controlling the action of 'the gearing. operating the receiver to intermittently adjust said receiver to successively receive the trimmed an intermittently-adjustable receiver for thetrimmed cakes, operating mechanism for said receiver, means for normally controlling the operating mechanism of the receiver to intermittently adjust it awa from the path of'movement of thedeliv'ere trimmed cakes to adapt it to. successively receive the cakes, and means controlling said operating means and the operating means of the feeder for arresting the operation of the latter when the receiver has received a maximum number of cakes, for reversing said receiver and restormg it to 1ts normal position, and for again throwing the feeder into operation.

14. In a machine of the character described, the combination oftrimming means, means for feedin the cakes to be trimmed, said means including a feeding device, and a shaft for imparting motion thereto, a receiver for the trimmed cakes having an intermittent movement, gearing for intermittently o erating the receiver, avcontroller regulated y the action of said shaft to intermittently o crate and reverse the receiver, an element a apted to be engaged by the receiver and the cakes fed thereto, and means actuated by said ele-' mentto govern the movement of said con' troller.

15. In a machineof the character described, the combination of trimming means, cake feedin means, trimmed ca es, a continuously-operating shaft, gearing between said shaft and feeder for normally operating the feeder, normally a receiver for the inactive gearing for intermittently adjusting the receiver, means for-throwingthe gearing for operating the feeder out of action, means for periodically throwing the gearing for adjusting the receiver to intermittently move it on its feeding movement and continuously move it for restoration to its normal position, I

a device automatically 0 erated by the receiver on reaching the. imit of: its return movement and upon the feed of the cakes thereto to control the said means governing the operation of the means for operating the receiver, and a deviceoperative when the receiver reaches the limit of its feeding movement to arrest the operation of the feeder.

16. In a machine of the character described, the combination of trimming means, means for supporting the cakes tobe trimmed, means for. producing 'a relative movement of said parts to cause the trimming means to (remove the soft marginal ortions of the cakes, a'receiver for the trimmed cakes, a conveyer to carry away the trimmings, and means for automatically operating the parts to effect the trimming operation, to intermit tently o )erate the receiver, to stop'the feeding of t e cakes when'the receiver is filled, and to return the receiver to its normal position and reset the parts for further operation.

17 In a machine of the character described, the combination of trimming means, means for feeding oil-cakes, a receiver, means for intermittently adjusting the receiver to successively receive the trimmed cakes, meansfor periodically ejecting the trimmed cakes to the receiver, means for operating the feeder, and means forautomatically and intermittently adjusting the receiver, stop ing the feeder when the receiver is filled an re' turnin thereceiver to its normal position when t e trimmed cakes are removed there from and restarting the feeder, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I my signature v in presence of two witnesses.

4 CHARLIE FRANK YOUNG. Witnesses I T. J. Kooernn, C. H. B'sson. 

